Voices of pain, cries of silence : Francophone Jewish poetry of the Shoah, 1939-2008 /

"In this groundbreaking study of Francophone Jewish poetry of the Shoah, Gary D. Mole engages with an extensive heterogeneous corpus of poetry by more than forty poets active after the war in France, Belgium, Switzerland, or Quebec but originally coming from Eastern Europe, North Africa, or the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mole, Gary D. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Peter Lang, [2024]
Series:	Currents in comparative Romance languages and literatures ; v. 259.
Subjects:	Jewish poetry > 20th century > History and criticism. French poetry > Jewish authors > History and criticism. Belgian poetry (French) > Jewish authors > History and criticism. Swiss poetry (French) > Jewish authors > History and criticism. French-Canadian poetry > Jewish authors > History and criticism. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. Poésie juive > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la littérature. Poésie belge (française) > Auteurs juifs > Histoire et critique. Poésie suisse (française) > Auteurs juifs > Histoire et critique. Poésie canadienne-française > Auteurs juifs > Histoire et critique. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature Jewish poetry 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

Table of Contents:

Introduction - The Jewish poetry of resistance, 1939-1946 - Shock, accusation, commemoration, 1946-1956 - Intermezzo, 1960-1964 - Memory and anti-Shoah denial, 1970-1996 - Poetry at the turn of the millennium, 2001-2008.